… THE WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL. Offices: Westgate Street, Cardiff. The King Edward VII. Welsh National Memorial Association has been looming large in the public life…
… THE WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL. Offices: Westgate Street, Cardiff. The King Edward VII. Welsh National Memorial Association has been looming large in the public life of Wales during the past three years, and it is difficult to realise the enormous work that has been accomplished during that period. The first eighteen months was largely devoted to educational work- to a campaign for rousing Wales and Monmouth- shire into a consciousness of the grim reality of…
… CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. Hon. Assistant Sec.-Mr. Gilbert D. Shepherd, Gresham Chambers, Kingsway, Cardiff. This very progressive and successful Society reports a membership of over…
… CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. Hon. Assistant Sec.-Mr. Gilbert D. Shepherd, Gresham Chambers, Kingsway, Cardiff. This very progressive and successful Society reports a membership of over 500 and is doing useful work in its Biological and Geological, Archaeo- logical and Photographic Sections. Frequent meet- ings and lectures are arranged at which a variety of subjects is discussed. In addition the Society undertakes from time to time original research work of various kinds, and in the course…
… Mr. Bonner Morgan Ophthalmic Optician, will be glad to advise upon any matter dealing with defective eye- sight and the wearing of spectacles. The…
… Mr. Bonner Morgan Ophthalmic Optician, will be glad to advise upon any matter dealing with defective eye- sight and the wearing of spectacles. The business is confined entirely to this one speciality, and it is claimed that results are as perfect and accurate as extreme thoroughness and the use of the most modern methods of sight-testing can ensure. Cases where medical treatment is desirable are not undertaken, but are referred to an ophthalmic surgeon.…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK, CARDIFF. TO OUR READERS. THE general policy of "The Welsh Outlook" is laid down in the opening pages. We invite the…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK, CARDIFF. TO OUR READERS. THE general policy of "The Welsh Outlook" is laid down in the opening pages. We invite the co-operation of our readers in making the paper a success. We are prepared to answer questions, falling within our programme, sent to us by correspondents, and for this purpose space will be set apart each month. We specially desire The Welsh Outlook" to be helpful in all matters of Local…
… Frontispiece "Mother Earth." By Stephan Sinding. Notes of the Month. 3 Houses and Hovels in Wales. K) Christian Unity in Wales. 13 Rugby Football…
… Frontispiece "Mother Earth." By Stephan Sinding. Notes of the Month. 3 Houses and Hovels in Wales. K) Christian Unity in Wales. 13 Rugby Football in Wales. 17 Music in Wales. 21 The Industrious Apprentice. By R. F. Wright. 23 The Personality of Towns. No. 1 Denbigh. By I wan de Galles. 25 The Evolution of the Welsh Sea Lyric. By E. R. W. 27 Reviews of Books. 31 Wales at Work. 40 Correspondence, Competitions.…
… Cambr'dge County Geographies A series of handbooks to the various counties of England, Scotland and Wales. With maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Crown 8vo. Bound…
… Cambr'dge County Geographies A series of handbooks to the various counties of England, Scotland and Wales. With maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Crown 8vo. Bound in Cloth. Price 1 6d each. The following volumes on the counties of Wales and the neighbouring English counties have now been published Breconshire. By C. J. EVANS. Carnarvooshure. By j E. LLOYD, MA. Merionethshire. By A. MORRIS. Radnorshire. Bv LEWIS DAVIES. Monmouthshire By HERBERT A. EVANS. We of Man.…
… "MOTHER EARTH." (Stephan Sinding).…
… "MOTHER EARTH." (Stephan Sinding).…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK FEBRUARY, 1914. NOTES OF THE MONTH. Mother Stephan Sinding was born in 846, Earth." at Drontheim on the North Coast of…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK FEBRUARY, 1914. NOTES OF THE MONTH. Mother Stephan Sinding was born in 846, Earth." at Drontheim on the North Coast of Norway, and is a brother of Christian Sinding the musician. He was not brought up to be a sculptor, and it was not until he was twenty-six that he threw up the studies he had hitherto pursued and devoted himself to modelling. In 1871 he went to Berlin to study…
… The National The article in our first number on Medical the Education of the Welsh Doctor School. has been much discussed in Uni- versity…
… The National The article in our first number on Medical the Education of the Welsh Doctor School. has been much discussed in Uni- versity and medical circles and is likely to lead to important results. Rumours are afloat that generous donors are forthcoming prepared to complete the erection and equipment of the buildings necessary for the proposed Medical School, and measures are far advanced for obtaining an adequate maintenance grant. If the suggestions we…
… Housing and Some events of considerable signifi- Town- cance and good omen to the cause Planning. of better Housing in Wales have occurred within…
… Housing and Some events of considerable signifi- Town- cance and good omen to the cause Planning. of better Housing in Wales have occurred within the past few weeks. The first is a letter addressed by Mr. John Bums to Mr. Hobhouse-the Chairman of the Somerset County Council-in regard to Housing in Rural Districts. It appears that some Rural District Councils have taken the announcement of the Government Housing policy as a reason for refraining…
… Evening A striking feature of modem educa- Schools and tional movements is the determined Employers. effort made to bring Colleges, and Schools into closer…
… Evening A striking feature of modem educa- Schools and tional movements is the determined Employers. effort made to bring Colleges, and Schools into closer relations with employers. The various Appointments Boards serve the colleges; local Employment bureaux are being established to secure that boys in Elementary Schools may have their chance. It is generally agreed that in no department of the educational system is there greater wastage of labour and money than in evening…
… each of the institutions concerned-the University College, the Mining Schools, and the various Technical and Elementary Schools of the district- will, under the proposed…
… each of the institutions concerned-the University College, the Mining Schools, and the various Technical and Elementary Schools of the district- will, under the proposed scheme, retain to the full all their present powers of control and management, whilst the new Mining Board will exist merely to act on a consultative and co-ordinating authority, possessing no executive powers so far as those institutions are concerned. If this be so, it is to be hoped that…
… This keeping of special days for special purposes is excellent in every way it is one of the best instances of this new century's…
… This keeping of special days for special purposes is excellent in every way it is one of the best instances of this new century's intention to revert, in many things, to the days of its great-grandfathers, and revolt against its fathers. So far from its resulting, as some have objected, in a state of mind that is divided into water-tight compartments, it acts as the little piece of leaven that in time leaveneth the…
… when the experience of Welsh dramatists will have produced a stage speech in which it will be possible to retain adequate local colour, without…
… when the experience of Welsh dramatists will have produced a stage speech in which it will be possible to retain adequate local colour, without narrowing the appeal to a locality." Mr. George Moore in his article on Yeats, Lady Gregory and Synge' in the February number of the English Review throws some very interesting light on this problem. As he points out, Synge created what amounted practically to a small language understandable by everybody…
… HOVELS AND HOUSES IN WALES. The conditions (in Wales) are bad. What you want to do first is to flood the country with a…
… HOVELS AND HOUSES IN WALES. The conditions (in Wales) are bad. What you want to do first is to flood the country with a pamphlet describing the state of affairs which should be lurid. If I had the writing of it I would bring a blush of shame to every Welshman's face at the state of their housing. It would have purple patches, and I would write it myself but for the office I…
… but disease, driven back on the other hand by the impossibility of paying double or treble his present rental, the position of the agricultural…
… but disease, driven back on the other hand by the impossibility of paying double or treble his present rental, the position of the agricultural labourer is fast becoming intolerable. The coal mine is once more the escape and refuge. The dilemma is further sharpened by the fact that rising standards of housing have coincided with an alarming rise in the cost of building. Materials have greatly increased in price-cast iron goods 60 per cent.…
… conditions of living must become specially unhealthy. And it is noteworthy that the people who have become accustomed to these conditions often appear callous…
… conditions of living must become specially unhealthy. And it is noteworthy that the people who have become accustomed to these conditions often appear callous and indifferent towards them." In George Street and Annie Street there are 10 back-to-back houses, each of which consists of a living-room and pantry (which is also used for storing coal) on the ground floor, and two rooms on the upper floor. They are without exception, in a very bad…
… THE NEED FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY IN WALES. 1. BY A FREE CHURCHMAN. RELIGIOUS life in Wales has, in the main, developed along the same…
… THE NEED FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY IN WALES. 1. BY A FREE CHURCHMAN. RELIGIOUS life in Wales has, in the main, developed along the same general lines as those of most countries of Western Christendom. National characteristics are always to be found, but they reflect the predominant religious tendency of each succeeding age. With the Reformation, came the under- mining of the system which had prevailed for so long a period. Within the area governed…
… have been generally conceded by most, if not all of them e.g. The importance of a personal experience of Religion, which is at the…
… have been generally conceded by most, if not all of them e.g. The importance of a personal experience of Religion, which is at the root of the Baptists' insistence upon adult baptism the Calvinistic Methodists belief in the sovereignty of God the Wesleyans' Free Grace: the Congre- gationalists witness to the equal rights and privileges of all believers: the Pres- byterians need for order, and regard for the whole body: the Anglicans insistence upon…
… provided for by any one or two of them. These congregations are similar in all essentials. Preaching of the same general character, differing only…
… provided for by any one or two of them. These congregations are similar in all essentials. Preaching of the same general character, differing only by reason of the personality of the preacher, and not because of any denominational standards, goes on Sunday after Sunday, while the Educational duty of the church to children and adolescents receives, perforce, very imperfect attention. Some individuals may feel the need for greater attempts in this direction. But money…
… the best professional qualifications. The candidate for any post secures his list of committee men, divides them into their respective denominational compartments, and forthwith…
… the best professional qualifications. The candidate for any post secures his list of committee men, divides them into their respective denominational compartments, and forthwith tries to bring every imagin- able sectarian influence to bear upon them, and the most proficient manipulator of the denominational wires will secure the post. That this is so is notorious. The churches, which should elevate and dignify our public and national life, have become them- selves the fount of…
… HOUSING. TOWN PLANNING—60 YEARS AGO. LLANDEGAI, near Bangor. A Street in DOWLAIS.…
… HOUSING. TOWN PLANNING—60 YEARS AGO. LLANDEGAI, near Bangor. A Street in DOWLAIS.…
… THE FURNACEMEN." Constantin Meunier. (1831-1905.) These are two more of the four panels which Meunier intended for a monument of Labour. The othe subjects…
… THE FURNACEMEN." Constantin Meunier. (1831-1905.) These are two more of the four panels which Meunier intended for a monument of Labour. The othe subjects are The Miners," and The Harvesters," the first of these was reproduced last month.…
… "THE DOCKERS Constantin Meunier. (1831-1905) Since Meunier's death the four reliefs in bronze have most appropriately been placed on the four sides of the…
… "THE DOCKERS Constantin Meunier. (1831-1905) Since Meunier's death the four reliefs in bronze have most appropriately been placed on the four sides of the Temple at Jena erected to the memory of the famous Socialist professor and manufacturer, Ernst Abbe.…
… "YOUNG WALES" No. 1.—The Collieries.…
… "YOUNG WALES" No. 1.—The Collieries.…
… RUGBY FOOTBALL IN WALES. IN the football world of Wales the focus A of interest during recent years has been the challenge which professionalism…
… RUGBY FOOTBALL IN WALES. IN the football world of Wales the focus A of interest during recent years has been the challenge which professionalism has twice over made to Rugby amateurism. The question has been more or less widely felt to be one of moment. It is desirable that the values in the balance should be made evident, in the hope that those whose heart is bound up with the success of Welsh Rugby…
… The keen observer will note the light- ness of gait of a footballing community and the heavy-footed marching of those who play no games.…
… The keen observer will note the light- ness of gait of a footballing community and the heavy-footed marching of those who play no games. Therefore association football even with its professional elevens as leaders is primarily an amateur game, and confers upon the whole community a benefit, the subtle and extensive consequences of which no one can estimate. Why then should the challenge of Association to Rugby in the Principality be a thing that…
… demned whatever success may attend their administrative efficiency. It is to no pur- pose to contend that scandals are short-lived, that clean and ruthless…
… demned whatever success may attend their administrative efficiency. It is to no pur- pose to contend that scandals are short-lived, that clean and ruthless standards are de- manded or that professionalism can only exist upon a wide-spread basis of amateur- ism. There is, ultimately speaking, a debase- ment of the coinage of sport when pounds whether in thousands or in units have to be considered first the game and its intrinsic value last. On…
… thing-an unique thing to be cherished, and therefore the concern of thinking men who value the complex influences making for higher levels of citizenship.…
… thing-an unique thing to be cherished, and therefore the concern of thinking men who value the complex influences making for higher levels of citizenship. Other count- ries are handicapped and Wales begins many evolutionary turns forward. Com- mon sense idealism is rare in Churches it is common but seldom linked intimately with the details of life: in industrial propaganda, it is the ruling text but seldom quite fits the A.B.C. of a working life…
… MUSIC IN WALES. IT must be conceded to some of the more recent critics of Music in Wales that. in spite of the national…
… MUSIC IN WALES. IT must be conceded to some of the more recent critics of Music in Wales that. in spite of the national gifts of emotion. imagination and genuine musical temperament, the Welsh people have not yet produced a musical com* poser of world-wide reputation. But we cannot agree with the opinion of those critics that the reten- tion by the Welsh people of their native language and institutions is the cause of…
… The new interest in music which followed the great religious revival of the close of the 18th century was essentially democratic in character, and…
… The new interest in music which followed the great religious revival of the close of the 18th century was essentially democratic in character, and there- fore non-professional. With the exception of a few whose compositions were of a very simple type, the composers who shaped musical Wales were all born subsequent to 1810, and, in the first half century at any rate, were exclusively working people writing for their own class. Gwilym Gwent, one…
… THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE. HIS name was Thomas Arbuthnot Edwards and he was very good, and hers was Mary Johnson and she was happy. A…
… THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE. HIS name was Thomas Arbuthnot Edwards and he was very good, and hers was Mary Johnson and she was happy. A dreary A.B.C. shop in London was their meeting place, and thither they repaired at lunch time, she for rest and a little food, and he for the opportunity of quiet and study, with enough nourishment thrown in to serve as an excuse for his presence-or rather those were their original…
… alone on an island, for the other two were lovers and sought solitude. Side by side they sat together, staring at the sunset before…
… alone on an island, for the other two were lovers and sought solitude. Side by side they sat together, staring at the sunset before them and listening to the cool plash-plash against the river bank. It was very still, and neither had spoken for a time. "Happy?" she said. looking up at him; but she saw his face and knew that he was troubled. What's up ? she said kindly, and seemed to wriggle…
… THE PERSONALITY OF TOWNS. Dr. Johnson, possibly the greatest authority on the meanness, or otherwise, whether of Towns or Scots- men, was, I believe,…
… THE PERSONALITY OF TOWNS. Dr. Johnson, possibly the greatest authority on the meanness, or otherwise, whether of Towns or Scots- men, was, I believe, impressed by the fact that Denbigh in his day was no mean town. I have not always found myself able to agree with the great Doctor, and my first impression of Denbigh, so far as I can remember, could not have been expressed quite adequately in his negative compliment. For…
… the dissemination of democratic culture. I know that, in fact, this struggle between the inner and the outer still goes on in most of…
… the dissemination of democratic culture. I know that, in fact, this struggle between the inner and the outer still goes on in most of the old garrison towns, but it has varying features, and Denbigh is highly individual. Lose yourself in a Denbigh crowd, and you will gradually become aware of its distinctive personality. You will soon observe that any fairly pronounced personal peculiarity will gain a man a nick-name, not, as a rule,…
… Denbigh dogs, Ruthin cats And Bodfari lads for ever." Our elders must also have known and told all these things before us, but they…
… Denbigh dogs, Ruthin cats And Bodfari lads for ever." Our elders must also have known and told all these things before us, but they had got beyond that stage. The traditional pride was too mythically founded for the adult population, trained in the Puritanic traditions of nearly two centuries of religious democracy; and the events forming the basis of historical pride were but very indifferently known. Yet, mixed with the effects of the revivals…
… wharf of Amlwch remains now a deserted memorial of the bustling times when the Parys copper mines supplied cargoes for the home-built ships of…
… wharf of Amlwch remains now a deserted memorial of the bustling times when the Parys copper mines supplied cargoes for the home-built ships of that port; the port of Aberystwyth decayed with the lead-mines but the busy ports of the south, the easily accessible port of Liverpool together with Ho!yhead and Milford, old centres of the Irish traffic, still supplied numerous outlets for the mari- time activity of the nation. And, to judge by…
… the subject offers splendid opportunities for a ro- mantic sea-poet, but as it is, the possibilities of this tale of desperate wreckers and wild…
… the subject offers splendid opportunities for a ro- mantic sea-poet, but as it is, the possibilities of this tale of desperate wreckers and wild coast are hardly realised to the full for one thing the poet adopts too sternly moral an attitude to get the most out of his themes, witness the lines Pentref yw di-Dduw, di-dda, Ue'r eillia Ilawer ellyll." and, Cadwed Duw bob calon frau Rhag mynd i greigiau Grigyll." Very excellent…
… Y BEDD.* Nox est perpetua una dormienda.Catullw. Y bedd, ddu annedd unig, ynot ti Is tawel ywen frig, mae huno mwyn Angof a ddaeth…
… Y BEDD.* Nox est perpetua una dormienda.Catullw. Y bedd, ddu annedd unig, ynot ti Is tawel ywen frig, mae huno mwyn Angof a ddaeth ar ing fu ddig, a chwyn Arefi bob ryw ryfig nid oes gri A gyrraedd trwy dy gaerau, mwy na si Man son yr awel frau ym mrig y llwyn Ni wyr dy dduon oriau unrhyw swyn Na hwyl a bair fwynhau ein horiau ni Cariad nid yw yn curo…
… A ROMANTIC GRAMMARIAN. TIE romantic movement in literature, which cul- minated in England at the beginning of the last century, and began to influence…
… A ROMANTIC GRAMMARIAN. TIE romantic movement in literature, which cul- minated in England at the beginning of the last century, and began to influence Wales at the beginning of the twentieth century, has effectively discrowned the grammarian. To-day he is regarded by the average man of culture as a mere satellite of the poet and of the artist in words, a labourer who picks up and arranges, more or less clumsily, the precious words…
… So much for the criticism which is likely to be levelled at the grammar by the ordinary Welsh writer, to whom the immediate tradition…
… So much for the criticism which is likely to be levelled at the grammar by the ordinary Welsh writer, to whom the immediate tradition of the 1 9th century is naturally enough, of more value than the infinitely greater and more varied tradition of past centuries. We may now inquire in what respects the purely grammatical and philological parts of the volume are new, and therefore, provocative of criticism. On one point, we feel…
… Prof. Morris Jones's work shows its peculiar import- ance. Beyond the mere philology, which may be the debating ground of pundits and pedants, this…
… Prof. Morris Jones's work shows its peculiar import- ance. Beyond the mere philology, which may be the debating ground of pundits and pedants, this work professes to give the very life of the language. It is not merely a dissection, it is a picture,-an artistic representation of the inner soul of the Welsh language. And surely, this must be the highest praise that can be given to a grammarian,-that no Welshman who can read…
… past. But it is only now being applied in the field of political and industrial actions. The Golden Age of General Elections and General…
… past. But it is only now being applied in the field of political and industrial actions. The Golden Age of General Elections and General Trade Union Meetings and Congresses is past. To leave things to the people is to leave things to a Camarilla. If there is hard thinking or high imagining to be done, a church to be founded, or a campaign to be planned, look for it, not in the vast assemblages…
… do we get our breakfasts ? His colleagues would object, and the question would not be attempted by a single candidate so long as…
… do we get our breakfasts ? His colleagues would object, and the question would not be attempted by a single candidate so long as any choice remained. But if such a question were asked, we can almost imagine that one examinee would say that the milk- man brought the milk because it had been from time immemorial the custom for milkmen to take round milk, while another would attribute it to the benefi- cent…
… all is still in its infancy so quickly received the attention of the Higher Critic, and the industrious biographer. In spite of this, however,…
… all is still in its infancy so quickly received the attention of the Higher Critic, and the industrious biographer. In spite of this, however, Lady Gregory's account has a value of its own. Facts after all are dull things they are often, which is worse, mis- leading things. It is the interpretation of facts that matters, and the interpretation depends on point of view. Lady Gregory's point of view is of course from the…
… "The Case for Co-education." By Cecil Grant and Norman Hodgson. Grant Richards. This is a book to leave about in reading rooms and waiting…
… "The Case for Co-education." By Cecil Grant and Norman Hodgson. Grant Richards. This is a book to leave about in reading rooms and waiting rooms, to leave in your friends bedrooms-anywhere in fact where the thin-skinned can pick it up surreptiously. without fear of being dubbed immediately a crank educationalist. When he has once read it, the thin-skinned can talk about it freely, for it is an admirably sane, balanced and convincing plea. But…
… kicking the economic bottom out of the case for a minimum wage at a summer School convened for the ultimate purpose of estab- lishing…
… kicking the economic bottom out of the case for a minimum wage at a summer School convened for the ultimate purpose of estab- lishing one. The main contention is that, theoretically, when Trade Unions have done their work, economic conditions secure to the labourer the wage he is worth at that time and place. To establish a minimum above that wage is to throw the worker and his fellows similarly situated out of work.…